The Complete Poetical Works of Edward Young: With Life ; Eight Steel EngravingsGall & Inglis, 1866 - 502 páginas |
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... Steel Engravings Edward Young. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF EDWARD YOUNG . WITH LIFE . Eight Steel Engravings . • BOD N Edinburgh : GALL & INGLIS , 6 GEORGE STREET . 280. m . 91 . CONTENTS . LIFE OF YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHTS ; or ,
... Steel Engravings Edward Young. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF EDWARD YOUNG . WITH LIFE . Eight Steel Engravings . • BOD N Edinburgh : GALL & INGLIS , 6 GEORGE STREET . 280. m . 91 . CONTENTS . LIFE OF YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHTS ; or ,
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With Life ; Eight Steel Engravings Edward Young. CONTENTS . LIFE OF YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHTS ; or , The Complaint : Night I. On Life , Death , and Immortality II . On Time , Death , and Friendship III . Narcissa PAGE V 1 12 28 IV . The ...
With Life ; Eight Steel Engravings Edward Young. CONTENTS . LIFE OF YOUNG NIGHT THOUGHTS ; or , The Complaint : Night I. On Life , Death , and Immortality II . On Time , Death , and Friendship III . Narcissa PAGE V 1 12 28 IV . The ...
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... Night Thoughts . " He retired to rest at night very early , about eight o'clock , and after his first sleep would be awake for hours meditating and composing verses , which , on rising at an early hour , he would transcribe . For some ...
... Night Thoughts . " He retired to rest at night very early , about eight o'clock , and after his first sleep would be awake for hours meditating and composing verses , which , on rising at an early hour , he would transcribe . For some ...
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... night , on Good Friday , 5th April 1765. He was buried on the 12th , in the chancel of his own church , beside the remains of his wife , about six in the evening , Mr Jones his curate reading the burial service . The funeral was a very ...
... night , on Good Friday , 5th April 1765. He was buried on the 12th , in the chancel of his own church , beside the remains of his wife , about six in the evening , Mr Jones his curate reading the burial service . The funeral was a very ...
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... Night Thoughts . " July 1866 . NIGHT THOUGHTS . THE COMPLAINT . PREFACE . As the xxiv LIFE OF EDWARD YOUNG .
... Night Thoughts . " July 1866 . NIGHT THOUGHTS . THE COMPLAINT . PREFACE . As the xxiv LIFE OF EDWARD YOUNG .
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ambition angels art thou awful beams beneath bids bless blest bliss boast book of Job breast bright Britain Britons charms Codrus crown dare dark death deep divine dread dust earth EDWARD YOUNG eternal ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire flame fool frown genius give glorious glory gods grace grave grief groan guilt happiness heart heaven hour human illustrious immortal indulgence leviathan life's light lord Lorenzo man's mankind mighty mind mortal muse nature nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure praise pride proud rage rapture reason renown rise sacred satire scene seas sense shades shine sigh sight skies smile song soul stars sting storm sublime sweet tempest thee theme thine thought throne thunder trembling triumph truth twill virtue virtue's Voltaire wing wisdom wise wretched ye stars
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Página 1 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Página 8 - All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise; At least their own their future selves applaud; How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodged in their own hands is Folly's vails; That lodged in Fate's to wisdom they consign; The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone.
Página 8 - Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise; At least their own; their future selves...
Página 1 - Distinguished link in being's endless chain ! Midway from nothing to the Deity ! A beam ethereal, sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonoured, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust : Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost.
Página 309 - Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.
Página 4 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Página 277 - I'm nearer death in this verse than the last : What then is to be done ? be wise with speed : A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Página 17 - Where shall I find Him ? Angels ! tell me where. You know him ; He is near you : point him out : Shall I see glories beaming from his brow ? Or trace his footsteps by the rising flowers...
Página 149 - Attend my song, and thou shalt know them all ; And know thyself; and know thyself to be (Strange truth !) the most abstemious man alive.
Página 56 - As wise as Socrates, might justly stand The definition of a modern fool. A Christian is the highest style of man : And is there, who the blessed cross wipes off...